Programme
Welcome to the full public programme of Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023!
Programmes
Right of Way
New artists’ commissions challenge the enduring perception of the rural idyll as an unchanging space where time stands still.
Rise of the Empathy Machines: Do Androids Dream on Silver Screens?
Can artificial intelligences make cinema? If they do, is it really cinema? And what would it look like?
Rise of the Empathy Machines: Do You See What (A)I See?
How does artificial intelligence see the world? And how does it interpret and process what it sees?
Scared Shortless
Roll up creeps! GSFF's annual showcase of chillers, shivers and gross-outs is back.
Scottish Competition 1: (Un)Tethered
Bound by place, repetition and substance, some things can remain trapped; others find their place in the world once more.
Scottish Competition 2: Dig Deep
The second programme celebrates creative expression, while reflecting on the need for time to ponder and dig into its purpose.
Scottish Competition 3: From Earth
The third competition programme starts off like a trip and ends in contemplation, but in all films we find characters' strong links to earth.
Scottish Competition 4: Navigations
The fourth programme in this year's competition presents protagonists adrift, on journeys to nowhere, going round in circles or unable to move forward.
Spatial Hunger: Everything I Saw
How can filmmaking be used as a healing tool, tracing the creative process in the stories we see on screen?
Spatial Hunger: In The Unseen
How can film convey the horror of large-scale conflict or oppression with reflection and ethical consideration, without recourse to voyeurism or sensationalism?
Visible Cinema
An international showcase of contemporary Deaf-led filmmaking exploring themes of comprehension, conflict and dissent.
Wagner & de Burca: Performing Labour
The first of two retrospective programmes of hybrid musicals by artist duo Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca.